Hello from South India...

Lovely Karnataka

Lovely Karnataka

With its many ladders to heaven

With its many ladders to heaven

Excellent boarding houses

Excellent boarding houses

with kind room service

with kind room service

Welcoming churches

Welcoming churches

and roadside tire repair facilites

and roadside tire repair facilites

weighing stations

weighing stations

and natural beauty

and natural beauty

where lions roam free

where lions roam free

as children play

as children play

twirling away

twirling away

and frogs delight

and frogs delight

among the deer

among the deer

and holy men

and holy men

young

young

and old

and old

and in between

and in between

Karnataka's a splendid place!

Karnataka's a splendid place!

where women still wear saris

where women still wear saris

and men wear lungis

and men wear lungis

and internet pervades

and internet pervades

Morning inspection tour...

The cows

The cows

and our new young cowgirl, Somali's granddaughter

and our new young cowgirl, Somali's granddaughter

Venerable Tashi Tsering, head of the dairy with our administrators, Ven Zumnyig and Ven Gyaltsen Palden

Venerable Tashi Tsering, head of the dairy with our administrators, Ven Zumnyig and Ven Gyaltsen Palden

The office... Jampa and George

The office... Jampa and George

Head of the kitchen, Venerable Lobsang Tenzin with our wood burning stove

Head of the kitchen, Venerable Lobsang Tenzin with our wood burning stove

Wood and broom

Wood and broom

And all of us

And all of us